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FRONTISPIECE OF VOL. I.

View of the TEMPLE of FORTUNA VIRILIS, and that of VESTA, at ROME.

This edifice is situated near the Tiber: it is considered as among the most ancient structures in Rome, its erection being attributed to SERVIUS TULLIUS, who dedicated it to FORTUNA VIRILIS, Manly Fortune, not that fickle goddess whose favours are scattered at random, but rather to that deity whose determinate choice and judgment rewards virtuous and active merit; SERVIUS himself having been raised from a low degree to regal dignity. At present this building is used as a Church by the Armenian communion, according to their ritual, being granted to them by Pius IV and it is dedicated to Sr. MARY of EGYPT: their dwelling is close adjoining. The Ruins at the left edge of the print, are the remains of an ancient erection commonly called The House of PILATE. The Temple of VESTA, at the extreme right, is the subject of the Frontispiece of Vol. II.

View on the LAKE of GENEVA

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View of the SEPULCHRE of CECELIA METELLA, at
ROME

View of the ARCH of TITUS, at ROME
View of the ARCH of CONSTANTINE, at ROME
View of the FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE, cominonly call-
ed the COLISEUM, at ROME

View of the HISTORICAL COLUMN of ANTONINUS,
ROME

View of TRAJAN'S COLUMN, at ROME

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FRONTISPIECE OF VOL. II.

View of the TEMPLE of VESTA, and that of FORTUNA

VIRILIS, at ROME.

This edifice is situated in the region of the CIRCUS MAXIMUS. Antiquaries are divided in opinion respecting the divinity to whom it was dedicated; some thinking it was sacred to Hercules, others to Portumnus, others to the goddess Matuta, others to Cybele, others to Volupia; but the general opinion is that it was devoted to VESTA; and this is supported by the medals of several Emperors; also by the expressions of HORACE, Book I. Ode 2. Although this building was formerly dedicated to ST. STEPHEN, a modern miracle of little importance has procured it the name of Our Lady of the Sun, from a ray of light reported to have issued from a coloured print of the Virgin

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MARY, about A.D. 1560.

The Temple of FORTUNA

VIRILIS, seen in the distance, is the subject of the Fron-
tispiece of Vol. I.

Distant View of MOUNT VESUVIUS, in Eruption

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View of the Lava of MOUNT VESUVIUS, in its Course 134
SALERNO, in the KINGDOM of NAPLES
View of the TEMPLE of FAUNUS: and part of the AQUE-
DUCT of NERO, at ROME, and the NAVICELLA, or
ANTIQUE BARK, in the distance
View of the SEPULCHRAL PYRAMID of CAIUS CES-
TIUS, at ROME
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This pyramid is about one hundred feet high, by eighty-five
at the base; faced entirely with marble, but internally
being a mass of flints, lime, and sand, called Pozzolana.
It has within it a chamber nearly thirty feet long, by
twenty feet high, which certainly contained the urn en-
closing the ashes of CAIUS CESTIUS; this is coated with
stucco; and was decorated with paintings of vases, ara-
besque ornaments, and single female figures about a foot
high, one on each of the four sides of the room; and in
each of the four angles of the ceiling, a Victory holding a
clown and diadem. These are now nearly obliterated, as
the inundations of the Tiber frequently fill this chamber.
On the face of this structure are two inscriptions; the upper
and largest is thus:

C. CESTIVS. L. F. POB. EPVLO. PR. TR. PL.
VII. VIR. EPVLONVM.

Indicating that "CAIUS CESTIUS was the Son of LUCIUS,
of the Poblilian Tribe; he was Pretor, Tribune of the
People, and one of the seven men who were Epulones."
These Epulones were persons appointed to feast the gods
when their aid was required; at which time the public
were at the expense of festivals called Lectisternia. A col-
lege consisting of seven of the most respectable Romans
had the charge of preparing the viands, and conducting
them to the temple as deputies of the citizens; doubtless
also of terminating the repast as deputies of the Gods.
The lower inscription is in smaller letters:

OPVS ABSOLVTVM EX TESTAMENTO DIEBVS CCCXXX.

ARBITRATU

PONTI. P. F. CLA. MELAE HEREDIS ET POTHI. L.

Informing us that "this work was performed according to the will of the deceased, in three hundred and thirty days, by order of PONTIUS MELA, Son of PUBLIUS, of the Claudian Tribe, an heir, and of PoTHUS his freed-man." Pope ALEXANDER VII having dug round the base, made the little door way, and did sundry reparations, as we learn by the lower inscription:

INSTAVRATVM. AN. DOMINI. MDCLXIII.

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JACQUES-FRENCH DILIGENCE, AND HORSES ROUEN BRIDGE OF BOATS-CATHEDRAL-MONUMENTS-FESTIVAL -AND CATHOLIC SERVICE.

YESTERDAY, Tuesday, I set out on my longprojected Tour; and as I now, at Brighton, having reached this first simple stage of my many-miled expedition, gaze on the ocean which fronts me, so soon to waft me far away, how many mingled emotions arise! With whatever eagerness we may have longed to depart on a continental tour; whatever advantages we may possess in the unlimited command of our time; in the enjoyment of health, or in a buoyancy of spirits which may make us indifferent to temporary privations, or to personal risks; whatever may be our hopes of enlarging our information, or of extending our acquaintance from the Introductory Letters we may bear with us into society abroad; in fine, whatever pleasurable emotions may have gladdened us in our anticipation of the day of departure:-yet, when the hour of separa

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